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The Volume 131 Number 6 Established 1874 October 112002 Congress Authorizes Military Action Against Iraq Senate Joins House Resolution at 115 am Today By John Byrne The nation rolled closer to war yesterday as both houses of Congress voted in favor of aresolution authorizing military action in Iraq The House of Representatives voted 296133 and the Senate joined them early this morning 7723 The joint resolution authorizes President Bush to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq and enforce all relevant United Nations Security Councilresolutions regarding Iraq While the language reads that the US is acting to defend it is the first time the United States Congress has formally enabled the president to make a preemptive first strike on another country Bush said he was pleased Todays vote also sends a clear message to the Iraqi regime Bush said Thursday It must disarm and comply with all existing UNresolutions or it will be forced to comply There are no other options for the Iraqi regime There can be no negoti ations The United States iscommitted to helping make the world more peaceful and more just hecontinued We are committed to freedom for all Were also committed toprotecting human dignity and todays vote is an important step towardfulfilling those great Americancommitments A fractured Democratic Party was split on the measure In the House 81 voted in favor and 126 against in the Senate 29 Democrats gave their approval while 21 did not Republicans overwhelminglysupported the measure 2156 in the House and 481 in the Senate Both of Ohios Republicansenators voted to support the jointresolution Eleven Ohio Republicans joined them in the House All six Ohio Democrats in the House voted against the measure Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio expressed his dissent on the House floor It is fear which leads us to war he said It is fear which leads us to believe that we must kill or be killed Fear which leads us to attack those who have not attacked us Fear which leads us to ring our nation in the very heavens with weapons of mass destruction Representative Dick Armey R the House Majority Leader who had initially been skeptical of Bushs Iraq policy closed the House debate in tears speaking of troops who might be sent to war Mr President he said we trust to you the best we have to give Use them well so they can come home and say to our grandchildren Sleep soundly my baby Tears flowed from his eyes he strode out of the House chamber Not since Congress passed the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution which allowed military action in Vietnam has a president won such broad and flexible authority to carry out an undefined military operation historians said in the Washington Post The House vote yesterday echoed a similar vote in 1991 for the Gulf War where 86 Democrats voted in favor 179 against Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle D of North Dakota expressed his unbridled support See Congress page 4 Z V t H7J 4 I 4 Students Protest in NYC Under the leadership of Not in Our Names students rallied in New York Photo by Andrew Davis New Housing in the Works By Rachel Decker The Board of Trustees recently approvedthe decision to build anoncampus housing structure that will add 150 new student beds tostudents residence options Thisdecision is the result of a proposed push to attract the bulk of students living offcampus back within College boundaries OG and the Prozac Nation By Kate Antognini and Greg Walters Last spring for the first time in 10 years an Oberlin student took her own life But in the wake of the tragedy in the search for answers and closure a question for the community remains was this suicide an isolated incident or the heralding of a national trend The increase in youth suicide already the second leading cause of death among college students after accidents has been accompanied by a rising tide of student depression Oberlin by some measures seems to be following suit On average 40 more students visited Oberlins Counseling Center in the last two academic years 1 By some accounts albeit less sinister ones Oberlin is even leading the pack The percentage of students who say they are overwhelmed or feeling depressed in a freshman survey has been slightly but consistently higher at Oberlin than at its sister schools such as Hamilton Weslcyan and Vassar Counseling Center Director Charlie Ross has worked at Oberlin for more than two decades and says the recent increase in students seeking help for depression doesnt yet amount to a longterm pattern Rather he explains the difference is one of quality rather than quantity The last five years have seen more cases of fullblown depression When I first got here we focused primarily on developmental issues such as separating from home Ross said Twenty years ago there was less anguish studcnts came in with lighter issues These days Ross continues depression is more often accompanied by other disturbing symptoms iwtfimiHM i Seeking Counsel Student Health fields depressed students Photo by Lily Matini such as selfmutilation Half a dozen students were hospitalized last year because of acute risk to self There was a change six years ago Director of Health Services Lori Hicronymus said Now more students arc coming in with a history of treatment and they expect us to provide followup care Some parents of incoming students even call the College in August to make sure its mental healthservices arc up to par Dean of Students Peter Goldsmith says that they are See Depression page 5 As many as 900 students have lived offcampus in the past in asingle semester The trustees aredetermined to make that a smallernumber Goldsmith said There are a number ofmotivations behind the trustees decision including much needed additional revenue due to the Colleges budget deficits a longtime overall shortage of oncampus housing availability a general need to update residential facilities as well as a concern to relieve the strain caused byoffcampus living on the town of Oberjin The College claims that due to groups of students residing in modest singlefamily homes Oberlinfamilies of limited income are left with fewer options Neighborhoodsdeteriorate and property values fall Goldsmith stated when listing the effects of offcampus living on the town Oberlin is traditionally aresidential campus This amount ofoffcampus living is not allowing us to take advantage of what that means Goldsmith said Living on campusis good for students educational experiences It helps students to take advantage of the Colleges social diversity he explained Revenue generation especially since Oberlin is currently facing budget and financial troubles was also a primary reason the College decided to build another dormitory It is very easy to borrow money for building residences because they are moneygenerating Goldsmith said The revenue motivations of the trustees were not trivial New dormitories have not been built at Oberlin since 1968 The College has grown by 500 since then without thought of how to house See College page 5 JM Coetzee Reads By John Byrne Worldrenowned novelist and literary critic John M Coetzeedelivered a stirring reading of one of his own stories Thursday evening in the Colleges second convocationlecture Hundreds of students faculty staff and community membersconvened in Finney to hear one of his newest unpublished readings With a crown of silver hair and a snowwhite beard Coetzee cut an elegant reserved pose Speaking in a soft nuanced timbre he enraptured his Oberlin audience with a quiet impassioned voice In his reading he recounted the tale of a woman wrestling with the purpose of the novel and itspresentation of evil The woman Elizabeth Costello is a novelist of some repute who hails from Australia She had been invited to speak at a conference in Amsterdam on evil Coetzee read She had spoken previously on the slaughter ofanimal populations Coetzee brought the aging Costello to life as a character who had earlier lectured on the evils of animal cruelty and one Heinrich Himmler one of Adolf Hitlersclosest confidantes She believed that he had designed the crematoriums based on his experiences fromanimal slaughterhouses Himmler treated people like beasts for so long because beasts had been treated like beasts Coetzee said Costello becomes terrified by a See Coetzee page 6 Inside Briefs 2 Letters 7 Events Calendar 4 Arts Calendar 11 Off the Cuff 6 Heard Here 16 Editorials 7 Comics 17 News rut 2 Cyber Security and Oberlin Are hackers reading your cmail Can you read other peoples cmail Oberlintechnology experts respondc with anresounding probably not Arts 13 Amazing Orpheus New York Citys prestigious Orpheus Chamber Orchestra brought their unique brand of conductorfree music to Finney last Saturday Sports mi 23 Field Hockey Wins Two The Yeowomen defeated two NCACopponents this week to improve their conference record to 53

The Volume 131 Number 6 Established 1874 October 112002 Congress Authorizes Military Action Against Iraq Senate Joins House Resolution at 115 am Today By John Byrne The nation rolled closer to war yesterday as both houses of Congress voted in favor of aresolution authorizing military action in Iraq The House of Representatives voted 296133 and the Senate joined them early this morning 7723 The joint resolution authorizes President Bush to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq and enforce all relevant United Nations Security Councilresolutions regarding Iraq While the language reads that the US is acting to defend it is the first time the United States Congress has formally enabled the president to make a preemptive first strike on another country Bush said he was pleased Todays vote also sends a clear message to the Iraqi regime Bush said Thursday It must disarm and comply with all existing UNresolutions or it will be forced to comply There are no other options for the Iraqi regime There can be no negoti ations The United States iscommitted to helping make the world more peaceful and more just hecontinued We are committed to freedom for all Were also committed toprotecting human dignity and todays vote is an important step towardfulfilling those great Americancommitments A fractured Democratic Party was split on the measure In the House 81 voted in favor and 126 against in the Senate 29 Democrats gave their approval while 21 did not Republicans overwhelminglysupported the measure 2156 in the House and 481 in the Senate Both of Ohios Republicansenators voted to support the jointresolution Eleven Ohio Republicans joined them in the House All six Ohio Democrats in the House voted against the measure Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio expressed his dissent on the House floor It is fear which leads us to war he said It is fear which leads us to believe that we must kill or be killed Fear which leads us to attack those who have not attacked us Fear which leads us to ring our nation in the very heavens with weapons of mass destruction Representative Dick Armey R the House Majority Leader who had initially been skeptical of Bushs Iraq policy closed the House debate in tears speaking of troops who might be sent to war Mr President he said we trust to you the best we have to give Use them well so they can come home and say to our grandchildren Sleep soundly my baby Tears flowed from his eyes he strode out of the House chamber Not since Congress passed the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution which allowed military action in Vietnam has a president won such broad and flexible authority to carry out an undefined military operation historians said in the Washington Post The House vote yesterday echoed a similar vote in 1991 for the Gulf War where 86 Democrats voted in favor 179 against Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle D of North Dakota expressed his unbridled support See Congress page 4 Z V t H7J 4 I 4 Students Protest in NYC Under the leadership of Not in Our Names students rallied in New York Photo by Andrew Davis New Housing in the Works By Rachel Decker The Board of Trustees recently approvedthe decision to build anoncampus housing structure that will add 150 new student beds tostudents residence options Thisdecision is the result of a proposed push to attract the bulk of students living offcampus back within College boundaries OG and the Prozac Nation By Kate Antognini and Greg Walters Last spring for the first time in 10 years an Oberlin student took her own life But in the wake of the tragedy in the search for answers and closure a question for the community remains was this suicide an isolated incident or the heralding of a national trend The increase in youth suicide already the second leading cause of death among college students after accidents has been accompanied by a rising tide of student depression Oberlin by some measures seems to be following suit On average 40 more students visited Oberlins Counseling Center in the last two academic years 1 By some accounts albeit less sinister ones Oberlin is even leading the pack The percentage of students who say they are overwhelmed or feeling depressed in a freshman survey has been slightly but consistently higher at Oberlin than at its sister schools such as Hamilton Weslcyan and Vassar Counseling Center Director Charlie Ross has worked at Oberlin for more than two decades and says the recent increase in students seeking help for depression doesnt yet amount to a longterm pattern Rather he explains the difference is one of quality rather than quantity The last five years have seen more cases of fullblown depression When I first got here we focused primarily on developmental issues such as separating from home Ross said Twenty years ago there was less anguish studcnts came in with lighter issues These days Ross continues depression is more often accompanied by other disturbing symptoms iwtfimiHM i Seeking Counsel Student Health fields depressed students Photo by Lily Matini such as selfmutilation Half a dozen students were hospitalized last year because of acute risk to self There was a change six years ago Director of Health Services Lori Hicronymus said Now more students arc coming in with a history of treatment and they expect us to provide followup care Some parents of incoming students even call the College in August to make sure its mental healthservices arc up to par Dean of Students Peter Goldsmith says that they are See Depression page 5 As many as 900 students have lived offcampus in the past in asingle semester The trustees aredetermined to make that a smallernumber Goldsmith said There are a number ofmotivations behind the trustees decision including much needed additional revenue due to the Colleges budget deficits a longtime overall shortage of oncampus housing availability a general need to update residential facilities as well as a concern to relieve the strain caused byoffcampus living on the town of Oberjin The College claims that due to groups of students residing in modest singlefamily homes Oberlinfamilies of limited income are left with fewer options Neighborhoodsdeteriorate and property values fall Goldsmith stated when listing the effects of offcampus living on the town Oberlin is traditionally aresidential campus This amount ofoffcampus living is not allowing us to take advantage of what that means Goldsmith said Living on campusis good for students educational experiences It helps students to take advantage of the Colleges social diversity he explained Revenue generation especially since Oberlin is currently facing budget and financial troubles was also a primary reason the College decided to build another dormitory It is very easy to borrow money for building residences because they are moneygenerating Goldsmith said The revenue motivations of the trustees were not trivial New dormitories have not been built at Oberlin since 1968 The College has grown by 500 since then without thought of how to house See College page 5 JM Coetzee Reads By John Byrne Worldrenowned novelist and literary critic John M Coetzeedelivered a stirring reading of one of his own stories Thursday evening in the Colleges second convocationlecture Hundreds of students faculty staff and community membersconvened in Finney to hear one of his newest unpublished readings With a crown of silver hair and a snowwhite beard Coetzee cut an elegant reserved pose Speaking in a soft nuanced timbre he enraptured his Oberlin audience with a quiet impassioned voice In his reading he recounted the tale of a woman wrestling with the purpose of the novel and itspresentation of evil The woman Elizabeth Costello is a novelist of some repute who hails from Australia She had been invited to speak at a conference in Amsterdam on evil Coetzee read She had spoken previously on the slaughter ofanimal populations Coetzee brought the aging Costello to life as a character who had earlier lectured on the evils of animal cruelty and one Heinrich Himmler one of Adolf Hitlersclosest confidantes She believed that he had designed the crematoriums based on his experiences fromanimal slaughterhouses Himmler treated people like beasts for so long because beasts had been treated like beasts Coetzee said Costello becomes terrified by a See Coetzee page 6 Inside Briefs 2 Letters 7 Events Calendar 4 Arts Calendar 11 Off the Cuff 6 Heard Here 16 Editorials 7 Comics 17 News rut 2 Cyber Security and Oberlin Are hackers reading your cmail Can you read other peoples cmail Oberlintechnology experts respondc with anresounding probably not Arts 13 Amazing Orpheus New York Citys prestigious Orpheus Chamber Orchestra brought their unique brand of conductorfree music to Finney last Saturday Sports mi 23 Field Hockey Wins Two The Yeowomen defeated two NCACopponents this week to improve their conference record to 53